Background:
A newly constructed building for the National Directorate of Security (NDS) jail was inaugurated in southern Helmand province 20101208. The 36-room detention facility cost $647,000, provided by Britain, said the NDS chief for Helmand, Col. Nazar Ali Wahidi. The project that took one year to complete has the capacity to house 144 inmates. The previous building was too small to accommodate all the prisoners and hence the need for the new facility.